Akin Ozturk

Akin Ozturk (21 February 1952-) was Commander of the Turkish Air Force from 30 August 2013 to 4 August 2015, succeeding Mehmet Erten and preceding Abidin Unal. He was one of the leaders of the failed 2016 Turkish coup attempt, and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had him imprisoned and tortured.

Biography
Akin Ozturk was born on 21 February 1952 in Gumushane, Turkey, and he became a fighter pilot in 1975. He rose through the ranks after holding several staff posts, and in 2000 he reached the rank of Brigadier-General. In 2008, he became Chief of Intelligence of the Turkish Air Force with the rank of Major-General, and on 30 August 2013 he took the office of Commander of the Turkish Air Force, succeeding Mehmet Erten. On 4 August 2015, he was dismissed from his post, and he decided to take part in a plot to seize power from Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's dictatorship. The 2016 Turkish coup attempt failed to win the support of the people, and it was put down after a day of intense fighting. Ozturk was stripped of rank and held before court, charged with several major crimes, although there was no hard proof that he was involved in the coup.